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10th Grade Word List
This is the 1st vocabulary list of the SY13-14 for Mrs. Sandra Oliver's class.
Term | Definition |
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Abjure | recant; renounce |
Abrogate | abolish |
Abstemious | characterized by abstinence or moderation |
Acumen | keenness of judgment |
Antebellum | belonging to a period before the U.S. Civil War |
Auspicious | showing signs of a favorable outcome; propitious |
Belie | to show to be false; contradict |
Bellicose | warlike |
Bowdlerize | to remove offensive material; expurgate |
Chromosome | DNA strand carrying genetic data |
Circumlocution | wordy, evasive speech |
Deciduous | shedding foliage at the end of a season |
Diffident | shy; timid |
Enervate | to weaken |
Enfranchise | to endow with the rights of citizens |
Epiphany | a sudden insight |
Equinox | one of two times annually when day and night are approximately equal |
Euro | European |
Evanescent | vanishing; fading away |